For some reason I decided to rock my PURPLE TAPE Tee short today...
1. Return Of The Northstar
I LOVED "NorthStar"... Papa Wu is that N, I live by some of the $#+* he said in the orginal "NorthStar"
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2. House Of The Flying Daggers
Vintage Wu... Just flat out DANGEROUS... Deck soundin like its 95 again... Meth sounded HUNGRY too... I love it...
4.5/5
3. Sonny's Missing
I love the production on this... This is VINTAGE East Coast $#+* right here...
3.5/5
4. Pyrex Vision
I love this $#+*... Would've loved for Ghost to jump on this and it actually be a REAL song...
4/5
5. Cold Outside
Who's drunk uncle is that singing on the hook... Good GOD that is AWFUL... Other than that its pretty decent... Ghost's verse was pretty coo tho
3/5
6. Black Mozart
I like this one... Has a vintage Wu feel to it... This Deck guy must've found his old rhyme book... I stopped givin a $#+* about his verses like 10 yearsago... Could've lived without Rza @ the end of the track....
4/5
7. Gihad
Oh yeah.... CRACK Ghost's verse is
...
4.5/5
8. New Wu
VINTAGE Wu... Need I say more
4/5
9. Penitentiary
Makes me wanna go to jail... Well not really, but this $#+* is pretty grimey...
4.5/5
10. Baggin Crack
I was waitin for a joint that was gonna be PERFECT... This was almost it... Kinda short tho
4.5/5
11. Surgical Gloves
DANGEROUS
Production is just...
... Would've loved to hear Ghost on this joint tho
4/5
12. Broken Saftey
Nice crew joint... Styles sounds about 15 tho... Kinda threw me off a bit
3.5/5
13. Canal Street
Pretty coo...
3.5/5
14. Ason Jones
Nice dedication joint... Good to see ODB being quoted @ one of his "less ignorent" moments... R.I.P.
3.5/5
15. Have Mercy
Glad to see Blue Rasberry back... Do people STILL hate her singing?? ANYway... This joint is nice
4.5/5
16. 10 Bricks
This far into the album until Cappadona has a chance to leave his cab shift and ruin a song... This joint is just DANGEROUS
5/5
17. Fat Lady Sings
This song is pretty stupid...
1/5
18. Catalina
The Dre joint... Pretty dope... (Sidebar: I was @ a "white people" bar this weekend and this song came on
)
4/5
19. We Will Rob You
Vintage east coast production... Nice joint. Good to see Gza pop up, sounding as dope as he did in 95... The Hook is
. Masta Killa is slept on
4/5
20. About Me
Oh yeah... The production
... Busta Rhymes voice sounds pretty stupidtho... Sounds congested
5/5
21. Mean Streets
GOD AWFUL hook... kinda ruins the song, but the production is pretty DOPE...
3/5
22. Kiss The Ring
Could've ended better than this... But I like this joint. Masta Killa is one of the most underappreciated MCs EVER...
4/5
REALLY would've loved for Papa Wu to have the chance to share some knowledge with the GODs...
Overall Its a SOLID album, Rae really tryin get his props back to where it was in 95... Not sure if THIS will be enuff, but I'm DEF gonna go buy thisjoint... Proud of Rae and the whole Wu family for coming togeather to make VINTAGE east coast hip hop... Bout to smoke a blunt or 2 and listen again...
OVERALL 4/5